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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Coral reefs and many of the oceans' marvels may disappear before this century ends, according to a new scientific study. Science writer Elizabeth Kolbert says we're facing the sixth great extinction. She tells stories from the front lines of the fight against extinction, from Panama to Australia's Great Barrier Reef.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Elizabeth Lunbeck’s Dangerous Idea is narcissism is good.

 

 

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Why do we sleep? No-one really knows, but neuro-scientist Bob Stickgold tells Jim Fleming about his ideas concerning sleep and why it’s important.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Father Thomas Keating tells Steve Paulson why he believes everyone ought to practice contemplative meditation.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Danny Gregory tells Jim Fleming that film-strips became popular around the time of the second world war and were used for industrial training and in public schools.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Alan Berliner is a chronic insomniac who goes for days without sleeping.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Donovan Campbell was a Marine lieutenant who served three combat deployments as a company commander – two in Iraq and one in Afghanistan. He was awarded the Bronze Star with Valor for his time in Iraq.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Anne Matthews tells Anne Strainchamps that there’s been an explosion of wildlife in America’s towns and cities.

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